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UBC Library, PKU Library to share staff and expertise
UBC Library and the Peking University Library look forward to collaborating on collections, cataloguing and more thanks to a new agreement.
UBC Library: transforming for the 21st century
The transformation of UBC Library is examined in a feature article in the Ubyssey. The article, entitled “Turning a Page: the changing role of the university library,” examines issues including electronic resources, digitization, collections management, space and budgetary issues, and more. Interview subjects include David Farrar, UBC’s Provost and Vice President Academic; Ingrid Parent, University Librarian; […]
Digitally preserved knowledge focus of UNESCO conference
UBC welcomes international digital knowledge experts at UNESCO conference “The Memory of the World in the Digital Age: Digitization and Preservation.”
UBC hosts world’s experts on safeguarding digital assets
Digital knowledge experts from academia, government, and IT converge in Vancouver for an international conference hosted by UBC on digital preservation.
Unpacking the Douglas Coupland fonds
Artist Douglas Coupland adds to his personal archives at UBC Library’s Rare Books and Special Collections.
Preserving cultural heritage
An innovative UBC Library project is helping preserve First Nations history and culture for the digital age. The project, dubbed Indigitization, is a collaboration between various UBC units, including the Library’s Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, the First Nations House of Learning, the Museum of Anthropology (MOA) and the School of Library, Archival and Information Studies. […]
Videomatica donation in the media
The recent announcement about Videomatica’s exceptional film collection being housed at the University of British Columbia and Simon Fraser University has garnered much media coverage. Articles have appeared in publications including the Globe and Mail, the Vancouver Sun, the Province, the Vancouver Courier, the Georgia Straight and UBC’s ArtsWIRE. CBC Radio’s As It Happens also […]
Patricia Richardson Logie Collection: A B.C. painter’s portraits of pride
A handsome collection of First Nations portraits that was recently donated to UBC Library by B.C. artist Patricia Richardson Logie is being unveiled in a permanent online exhibition in 2011.
Dr. H. Colin Slim
Learn more about Dr Colin Slim and the Stravinsky Collection at UBC Library.
A more inclusive Canadian history through the Chung Collection
Henry Yu and His Students Make – and Remake – a More Inclusive Canadian History through UBC Library’s Chung Collection Who are we as Canadians? Where are we going, as a city, a province, and a Nation? How does our collective history influence those questions today? In the 21st century, these are questions History Professor […]